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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-19-051680
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190927

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OWENS ILLINOIS INC /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000812074
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GLASS CONTAINERS [3221]
		IRS NUMBER:				222781933
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MICHAEL OWENS WAY
		CITY:			PERRYSBURG
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43551-2999
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5673365000

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		STREET 1:		ONE MICHAEL OWENS WAY
		CITY:			PERRYSBURG
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43551-2999

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OWENS-ILLINOIS INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100601

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OWENS ILLINOIS INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OWENS ILLINOIS HOLDINGS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870512
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:6.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;27, 2019</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Office of Manufacturing and Construction</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Division of Corporation Finance</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 F Street, N.E.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Attn:&#160; SiSi Cheng and Anne McConnell</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Re:</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>Owens-Illinois,&nbsp;Inc.</b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Form&nbsp;10-K for the Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2018</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Filed February&nbsp;14, 2019</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">File No.&nbsp;001-09576</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Cheng and Ms.&nbsp;McConnell:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This letter is in response to the letter dated September&nbsp;16, 2019, from the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the &#147;Staff&#148;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), relating to the above-referenced Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (the &#147;Form&nbsp;10-K&#148;) and the Company&#146;s response on August&nbsp;21, 2019, to the Staff&#146;s letter dated July&nbsp;24, 2019. The Staff&#146;s comment is set forth below in bold, followed by the Company&#146;s response to the comment.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please note that the &#147;Company&#148; refers to Owens-Illinois,&nbsp;Inc., and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to page&nbsp;numbers correspond to the pages&nbsp;in the Form&nbsp;10-K. All terms used but not defined have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Form&nbsp;10-K. </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page&nbsp;26</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>We appreciate the information you provided in your response to prior comment 1 in your letter dated August&nbsp;21, 2019.&#160; Please more fully address the following:</b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" face="Symbol" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>In regard to our request to disclose how you determined the amount of the additional asbestos-related charge you recorded, we note that you develop information to assist you in estimating the total number of future Asbestos Claims likely to be asserted against the Company and use this estimate, along with an estimation of disposition costs and related</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">legal costs, as inputs to develop your best estimate of the total probable liability.&#160; Please tell us what additional information you can disclose to help investors understand the specific changes in your assumptions, including the magnitude of the changes, that impacted your asbestos-related liability, such as the percentage increase in the number of claims likely to be asserted and the percentage increase in disposition costs and related legal costs; and</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>In regard to our request to disclose updated claims activity roll-forwards in your Form&nbsp;10-Qs, we note that you indicate a large volume of the Company&#146;s claim dispositions have historically occurred in the fourth quarter of each year.&#160; In light of the recent change in your claims strategy, we note that during the six months ended June&nbsp;30, 2019 your asbestos payments increased ~300% relative to the comparable prior year period.&#160; Please tell us what additional information you can disclose to help investors understand and assess your asbestos payments on a quarterly basis, such as the number of claims disposed of during each period.</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Response:</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In future filings, to help investors understand specific material changes in the Company&#146;s assumptions related to its asbestos-related liability, the Company will disclose information, such as the percentage increase (decrease) in the number of claims likely to be asserted and the percentage increase (decrease) in disposition costs and related legal costs to the extent such information is material.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company proposes to expand the disclosure in Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, in the next periodic report where the Company discusses material changes in the Company&#146;s assumptions related to its asbestos-related liability, to include this additional information. Set forth below, for illustrative purposes only, is expanded sample disclosure based on the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the period ended December&nbsp;31, 2018 with the proposed additions marked in underlined text.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Charge for Asbestos-Related Costs</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">For the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018, the Company&#146;s comprehensive legal review of its asbestos-related liabilities resulted in a $125 million charge.&#160; This charge was primarily due to factors impacting the increased likelihood of additional losses resulting from changes in the law, procedure, the expansion of judicial resources in certain jurisdictions, renewed attention to dockets of non-mesothelioma cases, and new information obtained about the Company&#146;s asbestos-related liability.&#160; <u>The combined effect of these factors, as well as successful attempts by plaintiffs leveraging a changing litigation environment, resulted in an approximate 38% increase in the estimated number of claims likely to be asserted against the Company in the future and an immaterial decrease in the estimated average disposition cost per claim (including related legal costs).</u>&#160; For the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2017 and 2016, no adjustments were required for asbestos-related costs.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">As part of its future comprehensive annual reviews, the Company will estimate its total asbestos-related liability and such reviews may result in adjustments to the liability accrued at the time of the review. The Company continues to believe that its ultimate asbestos-related liability cannot be estimated with certainty.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">See &#147;Critical Accounting Estimates&#148; and Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In future filings, to help investors understand and assess the Company&#146;s asbestos payments on a quarterly basis, the Company will disclose the number of claims disposed of during the period.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company proposes to expand the disclosure in Note 10 of the Company&#146;s condensed consolidated financial statements to include this additional information. Set forth below, for illustrative purposes only, is expanded sample disclosure based on the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2019 with the proposed additions marked in underlined text.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Since receiving its first Asbestos Claim, as of June&nbsp;30, 2019, the Company in the aggregate has disposed of approximately 400,800 Asbestos Claims at an average indemnity payment of approximately $10,000 per claim. <u>During the three months ended June&nbsp;30, 2019, the Company disposed of approximately 200 Asbestos Claims.</u> The Company&#146;s asbestos indemnity payments have varied on a per-claim basis and are expected to continue to vary considerably over time.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please contact Julia Thompson at (202) 637-1073 of Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP if you have any questions.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">cc:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>MaryBeth Wilkinson, Owens-Illinois,&nbsp;Inc.</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Julia Thompson, Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP</font></p>
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